Silver Bay, MN
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | D+13.8 |
| 2012 | D+4.9 |
| 2016 | R+16.6 |
| 2020 | R+18.5 |
| 2024 | R+21.6 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 1,769 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | R+21.6 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $69,489 |
| County | Lake County |
| State | MN |
Place narrative
Silver Bay was purpose-built in the 1950s to house Reserve Mining workers, and its small electorate still reflects the union-household demographics common to Minnesota's Iron Range, where DFL margins have historically run well above state averages.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | −21.6% | 416 | 650 | 20 | 1,086 |
| 2020 | R | −18.5% | 459 | 673 | 27 | 1,159 |
| 2016 | R | −16.6% | 394 | 565 | 73 | 1,032 |
| 2012 | D | +4.9% | 588 | 532 | 28 | 1,148 |
| 2008 | D | +13.8% | 661 | 498 | 25 | 1,184 |
| 2004† | D | +11.6% | 673 | 533 | 2 | 1,208 |
Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits.
These Census-place returns are modeled candidate-vote estimates on Census boundaries unless a row explicitly says certified. They are not automatically the official city or town return.
† 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source reported that cycle at county or municipality level (COVID-era consolidated reporting), so block-level detail is interpolated from adjacent cycles and scaled to certified totals.
Demographics
Akashic
| Race & Ethnicity | |
|---|---|
| White | 89.9% |
| Black | 0.0% |
| Asian | 1.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 3.1% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $69,489 |
| Poverty rate | 9.9% |
| Median age | 47.6 |
| Age 18–29 | 10.3% |
| Age 65 and older | 30.1% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 21.8% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 3.4% |
ACS 5-year survey estimates, subject to a margin of error. Race shares are single-race; Hispanic or Latino is a separate, overlapping ethnicity.
Ancestry, religious adherence, and side-by-side parent comparisons appear on the Lake County county page and the MN state page.